Compression of media
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRobert Adler, Sascha Dorner, Georg Siebert, Martin Stehrlein
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Abstract
A method and a device for compressing a gas-phase medium, particularly hydrogen or natural gas, in a single-stage or multistage process using at least one piston compressor, wherein the medium may have a water content up to total saturation with water. The medium to be compressed is heated before the compression at least to such point that the water is unable to condense out during the compression process, and the compressed medium undergoes a water separation process.
Claims8
A method for the single- or multistage compression of a gas-phase medium by means of at least one piston compressor, wherein the medium may have a water content up to total saturation with water, comprising, heating, the medium to be compressed before compressing at least to such a point that the water is effectively unable to condense out during the compressing, and separating water from the compressed medium.
A device for the compression of a gas-phase medium wherein the medium may have a water content up to total saturation with water, and wherein the medium is compressed in a single or multiple stages using at least one piston compressor, comprising at least one piston compressor, at least one heat exchanger that is connected upstream of the one or more piston compressors and serves to heat the medium to be compressed, and at least one water separation device connected downstream of the one or more piston compressors.
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